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- Important Information About Disk Images
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- With the release of Disk Copy 6.1, Apple began transitioning
- all software releases (including online software archives)
- to a new packaging that will make downloading faster and
- easier. This packaging is a new kind of disk image called
- New Disk Image Format, or NDIF. Disk images in NDIF format
- are compressed to save space and download time, and
- decompress transparently when they are in use. You can even
- mount and install software directly from NDIF disk images on
- the desktop instead of making floppy disks. The NDIF format
- also includes checksums which guarantee the data integrity
- of disk images. With Disk Copy 6.1 (or later), you can make
- your own NDIF disk images of folders or mounted disks.
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- Apple's goal is to provide strong assurances that any
- software packaged in a NDIF disk image is downloaded or
- otherwise transferred and installed correctly. Therefore,
- Apple will only support Disk Copy 6.1 (or later) or Disk
- Image Mounter 2.1 (or later) to access NDIF disk images and
- only support Disk Copy 6.1 (or later) to create NDIF disk
- images. If an Apple customer uses a different application to
- access or create NDIF images, Apple will be unable to
- provide support if any installation or usage problems occur.
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- Note that this does not apply to Disk Copy 4.2 format disk
- images, as its file format is published and available to
- third parties to implement. Apple however, does not endorse
- any specific third party application or utility for
- accessing software packaged in Disk Copy 4.2 format.
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- Disk Copy 6.1 (or later) or Disk Image Mounter 2.1 (or
- later) from Apple are the recommended applications to access
- all disk images released by Apple and the only supported
- applications to access NDIF disk images; Disk Copy 6.1 (or
- later) is the only supported application to create NDIF disk
- images.
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